Manila Sotang
Manila Sotang (Nepali: मनिला सोताङ) is a Nepali singer.[1]
Music
[edit]Manila was trained in music early in life by her uncle who taught her to sing bhajans. After singing playback for the film Mayalu, she was noticed as a singer. Manila has sung more than 200 songs to date.[2] She has 10 music albums with her husband Uday Sotang. The husband-wife musical couple have contributed to Nepali Adhunik (modern) music for two-and-a-half decades.
Albums
[edit]- Jhajhalko
- Darpan
- Muskan
- Katha
- Aatma Katha
- Bhid Dekhi Bahira
- Sandesh
- Marma
- Upama
- Sambaad
- Together (Hindi ghazal album)
Personal life
[edit]Manila Sotang is originally from Darjeeling, India. She moved to Kathmandu along with her husband Uday Sotang to pursue their musical career in the late 1980s.[3] Her daughter Shreya Sotang is a singer who has also released an album.
References
[edit]- ^ "Two's company | Entertainment". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Uday & Manila: Happily Ever After". Dreams Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ "Uday Sotang". Melody Nepal. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
External links
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